Where does “earh” come from?

earh (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *arhu, from Proto-Germanic arhwō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂érkʷo- — bow, arrow.

earh (Old English): cowardly; arrow

Definitions

  1. cowardly; arrow

Ancestry of “earh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*arhuarrow
2Proto-Germanicarhwōarrow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂érkʷo-bow, arrow

Words derived from “earh”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂érkʷo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic arhwō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *arhu →
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